A complaint under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was filed on Friday against playback singer and frontman of electronic folk fusion band Angarag Papon Mahanta for allegedly molesting a minor in a TV reality show in which he is one of the judges. Supreme Court lawyer Runa Bhuyan, who found the incident “objectionable”, filed a complaint with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The incident occurred after shooting of the reality show’s Holi episode, and the video was live on Facebook. Papon, 42, put out a statement on Facebook, stating that if he was guilty, he would not have the video on his Facebook page. But, he added, “this is not to say I haven’t made a mistake”.
